The Senate overwhelmingly approved a sweeping, $631 billion defense
bill Tuesday that sends a clear signal to President Barack Obama to move
quickly to get U.S. combat troops out of Afghanistan, tightens
sanctions on Iran and limits the president's authority in handling
terror suspects.
Ignoring a veto threat, the Senate voted 98-0 for the legislation that authorizes money for weapons, aircraft and ships and provides a 1.7 percent pay raise for military personnel. After a decade of increasing Pentagon budgets, the vote came against the backdrop of significant reductions in projected military spending and the threat of deeper cuts from the looming "fiscal cliff" of automatic spending cuts and tax increases.
Read more: http://townhall.com/news/politics-elections/2012/12/04/senate_passes_631_billion_defense_bill
Ignoring a veto threat, the Senate voted 98-0 for the legislation that authorizes money for weapons, aircraft and ships and provides a 1.7 percent pay raise for military personnel. After a decade of increasing Pentagon budgets, the vote came against the backdrop of significant reductions in projected military spending and the threat of deeper cuts from the looming "fiscal cliff" of automatic spending cuts and tax increases.
Read more: http://townhall.com/news/politics-elections/2012/12/04/senate_passes_631_billion_defense_bill
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